Simon was a Pharisee. He lived a monochrome religious life that was “cut and dried” and had no room for questioning or grace. One day he invited Jesus to his home, presumably for some quiet conversation and theological debate.
So when a woman burst into his polite dinner party, he and his guests were horrified. In her hands was a beautiful alabaster jar, like the type used to carry perfumed ointment, and her eyes were bloodshot and moist. A room full of male eyes telescoped to see what the commotion was. Continue reading THAT kind of person….
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Dana Gioia wrote in June 2006 wrote that “something fundamentally intellectual and spiritual…happens to readers through the combination of the sustained focused attention that you bring to reading, the use of your imagination…and also your use of memory.” 
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) conducts a survey of American households every ten years and surveys 17,000 households,matched by the American Census Bureau to reflect the total American population. In 2006 the NEA reported that “reading has declined among every group of adult Americans: every age group, educational group, income group, region and race. In some cases the declines have been precipitous.
I’ve still got a childhood copy of Tom Sawyer that I was given as a gift when I was in elementary school. It’s a treasured reminder of how much reading was a part of my life and continues to be.
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